<p>I’m curious about the process, and am wondering how it works. I’m guessing a researched paper gets submitted to someplace (someone?) for review, but then what? Also who are the reviewers, how and why are they selected etc.</p>
<p>Obviously I’m clueless to the entire process and to lazy to research it on my own. Hoping someone will take pity on me and take the time to post a response.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>It is relatively uncomplicated. The author sends the paper to a journal. The journal editor asks people who have some knowledge of the area of the paper (but have no close ties to any of the authors) if they will review it. The reviewers will often be people who are authors on published papers in similar or related topics. </p>
<p>The paper is reviewed by, say, three peer reviewers. They write reviews. They need to do this pretty quickly - within a few weeks. The journal editor uses the reviewers’ reviews to decide whether the paper should be accepted or rejected. Often the author is asked to revise his paper to address comments raised by the peer reviewers. [Peer</a> review - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_review]Peer”>Peer review - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>Thank you :)</p>